Wall plate size preference

[Vertex]

I couldn't find this poll having already been taken, so here we are. Thanks in advance to all who participate. Please also indicate brand preference.

 

[letgomywago]

I prefer midway but I get standard most of the time because that's the cheap one at the supplyhouse. Always nylon though either way.

 

[Little Bill]

Mid
P&S

 

[electrofelon]

Standard and not the stupid ugly flexible garbage.

 

[letgomywago]

Standard and not the stupid ugly flexible garbage.

Is that black duplex receptacle then with an ivory cover too? Just to keep things the same. I do like the harder plastic for outlets on wood walls the nylon deforms and cups easy on that surface.

 

[LarryFine]

Jumbos are ugly, otherwise I choose between standard and mid depending. I try to match existing.

Wiremold boxes always get standard. Some drywall work is so sloppy you have no choice.

Generally, the smallest that looks good. I guess I volt standard.

 

[farmantenna]

I like the midway, which is standard for P&S, but had been using Leviton standard at the condos I was wiring to punish the sheetrockers, and the builder for using those crappy sheetrockers! If the sheetrock hanging is done poorly, there will gaps everywhere! I enjoy that.

 

[electrofelon]

Yeah it's always a debate for me whether to throw the sheetrockers under the bus when they do a crappy job and just use standard plates everywhere, and tell the client to either have the drywalls fix or I'll leave it up to them to go around and use mid or jumbo plates where needed. I guess I never actually do tha:
I make standards work where ever I can and use some mids if needed. I won't install jumbos

 

[hbiss]

I always heard jumbo size plates called goof plates.

-hal

 

[infinity]

I always heard jumbo size plates called goof plates.

-hal

Same here and IMO they're extremely ugly.

 

[kwired]

I almost always use the P&S mid size nylon plates. Never really had any issues with them.

I have seen Eaton nylon plates that tend to curl up over time, I don't generally use them, but a local farm supply store has them and they do get purchased on occasion if I don't have what I need.

Stainless plates are king but not desirable price wise in many instances. Designers only like them if it goes well with the look they want, in those cases cost doesn't mean anything either though.

 

[Knuckle Dragger]

I used to use the satin finish P&S mid size as well.
Then the three supply houses I used the most swapped to Levitin.
I use the high gloss nylon mid size.

 

[James L]

I always heard jumbo size plates called goof plates.

-hal

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[James L]

I like the look of midway, and so do my customers. So that's what I use.

 

[LarryFine]

"Now that's a plate!"​

 

[infinity]

I like the midsize ones because size wise they are more like the screw-less covers that I prefer for switches and dimmers.

 

[acrwc10]

That plate can cover a 2 gang box and still be oversized

 

[retirede]

That plate can cover a 2 gang box and still be oversized

Next, they’ll start making them with the device openings off-center. Flip it over depending on which side the wall is messed up on!

 

[Dennis Alwon]

Jumbos are ugly, otherwise I choose between standard and mid depending. I try to match existing.

Wiremold boxes always get standard. Some drywall work is so sloppy you have no choice.

Generally, the smallest that looks good. I guess I volt standard.

It's the drywallers job to make a clean cut or to mud in up to the sides. Code only allows 1/8" but I am sure you know that

314.21 Repairing Noncombustible Surfaces. Noncombustible
surfaces that are broken or incomplete around boxes employing
a flush-type cover or faceplate shall be repaired so there
will be no gaps or open spaces greater than 3 mm (1∕8 in.) at the
edge of the box.

 

[Dennis Alwon]

Whenever the cutout is bad I get the builder to bring the sheetrockers back and do the job right.